President and CEO: Trucking companies are splitting the jobs

The reasoning varies by the carrier. Two trucking leaders describe how they view each role.

By Colin Campbell • Feb. 29, 2024

Kodiak, Martin Brower test autonomous reefer route

The companies are collaborating to deliver time-sensitive products from Texas to Oklahoma.

By David Taube • Feb. 29, 2024

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These five stories detail the top trends and issues facing the trucking and transportation industry. 

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Knight-Swift’s Jackson steps down, Miller takes helm

The country’s biggest TL carrier announced a series of changes involving its CEO and CFO.

By David Taube • Feb. 27, 2024

SCOTUS examines which transportation workers are exempt from arbitration

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled in favor of Flowers Foods, finding its truck drivers were not exempt from a federal law.

By Ryan Golden • Feb. 27, 2024

ATRI calls on carriers to share operational costs

The call to action was made in the trucking industry research group’s annual survey of fleets.

By Colin Campbell • Feb. 27, 2024

Nikola close to naming next CFO

CEO Steve Girsky has been serving as interim finance chief following Anastasiya “Stasy” Pasterick’s departure.

By David Taube • Feb. 27, 2024

Trailer order cancelation rate nearly doubles in January

ACT Research noted an 18-month freight recession is impacting firms’ capital.

By David Taube • Feb. 26, 2024

Flexport relaunches Convoy’s load board

Users began logging back into the platform shortly after the app reactivated, EVP and Head of Trucking Bill Driegert said.  

By Larry Avila • Feb. 23, 2024

Autonomous Einride truck makes GE Appliances warehouse deliveries

In Selmer, Tennessee, a robot also loads and unloads the freight.

By David Taube • Feb. 23, 2024

What’s a Yellow terminal worth? It depends on location, and who you ask.

XPO, Estes and Saia spent hundreds of millions of dollars on properties. Old Dominion skipped the auction. Executives shared their reasoning in interviews and earnings calls.

By Colin Campbell • Feb. 22, 2024

Aurora more than doubles AV truck pilot revenue

Autonomous readiness and performance indicators improved in recent months, the company said, as it approaches fully driverless operations.

By David Taube • Feb. 22, 2024

Saia plans $1B in capex this year. Yellow terminals are just a quarter of it.

The carrier expects to spend a separate $300 million on real estate, alongside equipment and technology upgrades, CFO Doug Col said on an earnings call.

By Colin Campbell • Feb. 21, 2024

Ryder System sets sights on growing cross-border business

A new warehouse in Laredo, Texas, and an expanded drayage yard in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, give the carrier capacity to handle more freight.

By Larry Avila • Feb. 21, 2024

Estes angles for growth in Canada with Yellow terminal acquisitions

The LTL carrier saw the competitor’s bankruptcy auction as a chance to take on more cross-border business, President and COO Webb Estes said in an interview.

By Colin Campbell • Feb. 20, 2024

Declines persist in dry van contract replacement rates

Overcapacity is still lingering as carriers seek to maintain market share, according to DAT.

By David Taube • Feb. 20, 2024

Cardinal deal to generate $1B in annualized revenue, Ryder projects

About 85% of the North Carolina business’ operating revenue comes from dedicated transportation, Ryder CEO Robert Sanchez said.

By David Taube • Feb. 20, 2024

CH Robinson names new surface transportation president

Michael Castagnetto was promoted to oversee the brokerage’s largest business segment.

By Larry Avila • Feb. 16, 2024

Why carriers, shippers use drop and hook in good times and bad

Fleets and brokers see their drop-and-hook programs as a competitive advantage that gives shippers what they want.

By Shefali Kapadia • Feb. 16, 2024

Bison Transport, CPKC ink intermodal services agreement

The deal is among several partnerships between segment players to capitalize on growing cross-border shipping traffic.

By Larry Avila • Feb. 15, 2024

Atlanta’s Perimeter has 3 of the top 10 U.S. truck bottlenecks

But Georgia Motor Trucking Association President and CEO Ed Crowell expressed optimism to Trucking Dive about ongoing improvements.

By Colin Campbell • Feb. 15, 2024

Knight-Swift buying 10 more Yellow leases

The carrier is paying about $2.2 million for the additions as it continues the buildout of its LTL network.

By David Taube • Feb. 14, 2024

ArcBest debuts line of automated forklifts, reach trucks

The company has piloted the remotely operated equipment in customers' distribution centers and manufacturing facilities, CEO Judy McReynolds said in an interview.

By Colin Campbell • Feb. 13, 2024

AV restrictions bill reintroduced in California

The measure seeks to require safety operators onboard heavy-duty self-driving trucks until politicians further authorize the technology.

By David Taube • Feb. 13, 2024

Trucking executives point to potential for 2024 market recovery

“The freight downcycle seems unlikely to last through the entire year 2024,” Wabash CEO and President Brent Yeagy said on an earnings call.

By David Taube • Feb. 12, 2024

Torc Robotics’ 2024 goals include expanding testing locations

Company executive Walter Grigg highlighted the changes in an interview with Trucking Dive at a recent technology conference.

By Edwin Lopez • Feb. 12, 2024